as a group vs in line

as a group

in line

adj

  • Suitable or appropriate; keeping with expectations, norms, ideals, or rules. 

  • Positioned in a straight line. 

  • assuming a position in the future. 

adv

  • one behind another; in a queue 

How often have the words as a group and in line occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )